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‘publicity being given to acts :
‘ of vandalism: because: ‘it

“The general council view |

* supported the fire chief’s

‘WELCOME BACK TO. THE NORTH SHORE for Datsun by North Van a Dis

-last Thursday at the new dealership at the former location of Ritchie Lincoln-Mercury on Marine Drive, North an.

trict Mayor Don Bell,

Left to right are Henry West, dealer ‘development manager; Terry Whalen, the new owner; Mayor. Bell;.

- Tecommendation that the

¢ known tobe: setting
as many as five: © fires an ‘hour’

Derric Humphreys and ‘his

wife: left this: ‘morning for a.
week-long official Visit. to.

West" Van's ‘“‘twin’’

municipality of Verdun,
Quebec. 7

The “twinning” of
municipalities -in various
parts of Canada was in-
troduced as a feature of
Canada’s 1967 Centennial in

WV man wins top Red Cross award |

The Standing Commission
of the International Red
Cross in Geneva has
awarded its highest honour,
the Henry Dunant medal, to

George Aitken of West
Vancouver, British
Columbia.

This medal, named after

the Swiss born founder of the

' Red Cross, is awarded no

more than every two years to

no more than five people for

devotion and service to the
Red Cross.

Mr. Aitken, a chartered
accountant and former Vice-
President - Administration
of the Great West Life
Assurance Company, is the
second Canadian to receive
the Henry Dunant Medal.

Mr. Aitken began his long
years of Red Cross service in
1939 when he volunteered to
help the Manitoba Division .

of the Red Cross cope with .
its war related tasks, His first
job was building wooden’:

bins togstore the clothing ..
being donated to war vic-
tims.

A year later he became
the Chairman of Manitoba's
Controller's Committee and
began what was to prove to
be a continuous leadership
role in the administration
and fund raising aspects of
the Society's work.

In 1948, while Mr. Aitken
was President of Manitoba
Division, ‘the Red Cross
mounted a large scale relief

“Wes ‘Vancouver Mayor |

bush. area concerned was no
more: of a fire hazard than
any “other area, and that

either a prohibition of trail

-bikes nor.a general clean-up

- Toyama, vice-president, Nissan Auto; Gerry Kramer, vice;president, Nissan Autos and Ken Kawana, executive
‘vice-president, Nissan Auto. (Ellsworth h Dickson photo) , Oona

would -be worth. the high

costs. involved.

Council’ agreed to take no 7

action at this time’ but

“ referred the matter to the .

Citizens’ Task Force’ on:
_ Vandalism.

s Quebec

order to encourage contacts
between ; similar- -size
communities _ in different
areas of the country.

The -mayors of “twinned” -
municipalities pay official
-courtesy visits to one
another at regular intervals.-
- 1979 being the turn of West ©
Vancouver's - chief
magistrate to call on his
‘French-Canadian _ Opposite
number.

operation for a major flood
disaster. He ‘was in-
strumental in developing a
contingency relief plan
which later became the basis
for the dramatic| relief work
during the Manitoba great
floods of 1950.

He was named Chairman
of the National Executive
Committee of the Canadian
Red Cross Society in 1955,
then the. Chairman of

Central Council in 1957. ad

He began his extensive
international involvement in
those same years when he

“A request last week “by
North Vancouver District
Mayor; Don Bell ‘for an
additional. $10,000 grant for
the North. Vancouver
Centennial Bursary
Foundation capital funds
was refused by fellow
council members.

The Bursary Foundation _

was established as a Cen-

. tennial project in 1958 by

matching grants from the

provincial government and |

the. District which together
totalled $31,502. . The
Bursary is administered ' by |
Crown Trust Company of
Vancouver and its purpose is
“the promotion and en-
couragement of the

distinguished himself by
setting up a financial system
for the League of Red Cross
Societies. He was Chairman
of the League Permanent
Scale of Contributions
Commission for eighteen
years and served as Vice-
Chairman of the League for
eight years.

Between the years 1973
and 1977 he served as a
member of the Standing
Commission of the In-

-ternational Red Cross.

During his leadership of
the Scale of Contributions

GEORGE AITKEN -

education

bursary is no_longer equal to

helped to refine that system

this purpose and Alderman
Mary Segal got a negative
answer when she asked if the -
‘provincial government had |

of worthy ,
students” by the provision of
small bursaries. .

Mayor Bell felt that the ;
value of. a. $100 or $150 the capital funds. . -
what it would have been 20 ,
yearsago. —~

Aldermen, however, while |
agreeing with that premise,
were not disposed towards.
agreeing to the use of
municipal: funds for the
purpose — with’ "Alderman
Peter ‘Powell leading the —
opposition.

Alderman Mike Lakes
didn’t think council had the
power to release funds for_.

“An assortment of quality |
- used’ and out of print.
titles in:

- THE SOCIAL
_ SCIENCES

Pacific
ks

‘1135 Lonsdale
‘North Vancouver

980-2121

Commission.Mr. Aitken was:

largely responsible for the
introduction of a system of
quota payments by _ the
League's member societies
which for the first time gave
the secretariat a dependable
source of revenue. Later he

into its present form.

- Discounts to

0%

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moved to assist in increasing .

The Mayor's Proposal ¥ was

defeated. .

_ phone, |
' 20W,. item .D:
fly rods, Sale 11.99. Page. e

CORRECTION

; Tabloid . inserted. in the Columbian, § -
Richmond Review; pe

North Shore News,
_ May. 23; 1979; . Page 7Wi:ttem E:

Owl" ‘Patio Soht sel shoul bave, road

“malt or C.0.0.. ‘Sders. ‘Page
should have read

. Telescopic.
‘22W, ‘ttem. H:.. Glidden: Acrylic. Late:

Ay uo
the Colum
26 and 30, 1979; Richmon

Spred: House Paint and.ttem-J Spred

Latex: Semi-Gloss House’& Trim -Paint

* Es -Spacemaker ‘gard:
fered

: oe
Tabloid tisertéd in 3 May.
Review,
May 25, 1979; North Shore News,
May 27, 1976, Page 14W, Item A
should have read Amber Glass with

black bracket, approx...23%". Sale

- 19.88. ttem B: should have read wail

lantem in black finish and amber.giass,

9" square 18” high. Sale 34.88, tiem
F: should have read Amber Glass with
18.88. bracket, ‘approx, 19%”, iSale
1

Page 20, Famous Makers Knit
Sportshids read 78% cotton/28%
acrylic, This should: have been deleted
from the copy.

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